Battle of Kircholm

When

27 Sep 1605

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

56.85° N, 24.35° E

Description

1605 major battle of the Polish–Swedish War

1605 battle of the Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11

The Battle of Kircholm took place on 27 September [O.S. 17 September] 1605 during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) near Kircholm, now Salaspils in Latvia. A Swedish expedition besieging Riga was defeated by a smaller Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth relief force and abandoned the attempt.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Swedish armies are decisively defeated by Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth cavalry in the Battle of Kircholm”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de l’hetman polonais Jan Chodkiewicz à la bataille de Kircholm, près de Rīga, sur les Suédois quatre fois plus nombreux”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Кирхгольме”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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